Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-03 Thread Janek Warchoł
2011/6/28 Kieren MacMillan : > Hello all, > > I would love to put together a "Best Practices" example/snippet/document Good idea! I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how to prepare scores with trans

Re: Header to score spacing

2011-07-03 Thread Nick Payne
On 03/07/11 16:10, Hilary Snaden wrote: Version 2.14 appears to have less default spacing between header contents and score contents than 2.12. How do I change this spacing? You can add markup-system-spacing #'padding = #3 to the \paper block. Change the actual padding value to suit. Nic

Re: Header to score spacing

2011-07-03 Thread -Eluze
Hilary Snaden wrote: > > Version 2.14 appears to have less default spacing between header > contents and score contents than 2.12. How do I change this spacing? > you'll find a description of the new variables under http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/notation/flexible-vertical-spacin

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Xavier Scheuer
On 3 July 2011 05:49, Jay Hamilton wrote: > > Here you go- thanks Jay > Works fine here with both 2.12.3 and 2.14.1. The hairpin ends on the mp measure 2 (I added the \time 21/8 ). Maybe you want \once \override Hairpin #'to-barline = ##f but that makes almost no difference here (and it is not

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread -Eluze
Jay Hamilton-3 wrote: > > Here you go- thanks Jay > > \version "2.12.3" > \header { > title = "21-03" > % composer = "Jay Hamilton" > % copyright = \markup { \tiny \override #'(baseline-skip . 0.5) > %\center-column > % { "CC lic 2.5 some rights reserved Jay Hamilton 2011" > % "see http://creat

Question about Transposing: Score vs. Midi Output

2011-07-03 Thread Robert Schmaus
Hello fellow Lilyponderers, I'm currently typesetting a score for Bigband, i.e. lots of transposing instruments. I'm writing everything in concert pitch, so I can check everything with the midi output. My initial idea was that I would transpose the individual instruments into their desired key

Re: [Best Practices] instrument changes

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
Hi. > > > > I would love to put together a "Best Practices" example/snippet/document > > Good idea! > I don't write much music for transposing instruments, so i cannot give > any advice, but i have a question that may trigger a discussion: how > to prepare scores with transposing instruments so t

Re: Question about Transposing: Score vs. Midi Output

2011-07-03 Thread Gilles Sadowski
On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 11:27:25AM +0200, Robert Schmaus wrote: > Hello fellow Lilyponderers, > > I'm currently typesetting a score for Bigband, i.e. lots of > transposing instruments. I'm writing everything in concert pitch, so > I can check everything with the midi output. My initial idea was >

Re: .sh install

2011-07-03 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "Friedrich Fischer" To: Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:24 AM Subject: .sh install Because of the faster lilypond compilation I prefer puppy-linux. But since the version 2.13.42 I cannot install lilypond anymore. As far as version 2.13.41 everything worked

Re: sh install (continue Friedrich Fischer's ost by march-april 2011)

2011-07-03 Thread Phil Holmes
- Original Message - From: "BARÉ Willy SPRL" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: sh install (continue Friedrich Fischer's ost by march-april 2011) Hi, I got the same results as Friedrich Fischer using a fresh install of Puppy Linux (i.e. DPup Squeezed 4.99 which is on

Fwd: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Bill Mooney
Hi, You wrote... ++ Hello- I am forcing accidentals in a modal piece. Time signature is 21/8 so the measures are long. I wanted to do a multi-measure hairpin (decrescendo) but the hairpin stopped at the end of the first measure at the forced accidental (!). 1] is t

Aligning custom-dynamic-scripts using dynamic-string?

2011-07-03 Thread harm6
Hi, inspired by the Thread http://old.nabble.com/Dynamic-%2B-text-aligned%3A-BEST-solution--td31881932.html "Dynamic + text aligned: BEST solution?" I tried some definitions using http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/opus-libre.git/tree/bin/markup-commands.scm dynamic-string in order to get new c

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Jay Hamilton
Thanks but what I want is one hairpin from the beginning to the end of the piece not at the end of measure or mp. Jay On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > On 3 July 2011 05:49, Jay Hamilton wrote: > > > > Here you go- thanks Jay > > > > Works fine here with both 2.12.3 and 2.

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Jay Hamilton
Ok I've missed that explanation before so thank you. I don't really care about the midi so your suggestion is possible (a pain but doable). Anyone know of a single line override? Thanks Jay On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Bill Mooney wrote: > Hi, > You wrote... > ++

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Neil Puttock
On 3 July 2011 15:25, Jay Hamilton wrote: > Ok I've missed that explanation before so thank you.  I don't really care > about the midi so your suggestion is possible (a pain but doable).  Anyone > know of a single line override? You could put the decrescendo in a Dynamics context: \version "2.12

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Urs Liska
I think you will get what you want if you put the hairpin in a separate Dynamics context. This way it doesn't care for the other dynamics items. Maybe ... Grr - Neil was faster ... Am 03.07.2011 16:25, schrieb Jay Hamilton: Ok I've missed that explanation before so thank you. I don't really c

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Jay Hamilton
That produced a new staff (with no other content) with the hairpin below it so exciting but not the kind of solution I can use. Thanks On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Neil Puttock wrote: > On 3 July 2011 15:25, Jay Hamilton wrote: > > Ok I've missed that explanation before so thank you. I don'

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread harm6
Jay Hamilton-3 wrote: > > That produced a new staff (with no other content) with the hairpin below > it > so exciting but not the kind of solution I can use. > Thanks > Is this output satisfying? Cheers, Harm \version "2.12.3" \header { title = "21-03" % composer = "Jay Hamilton" % c

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Jay, > That produced a new staff (with no other content) with the hairpin below it > so exciting but not the kind of solution I can use. It worked fine here… Maybe you need to upgrade to 2.14? Cheers, Kieren. ___ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond

Re: hairpin problem?

2011-07-03 Thread harm6
Jay Hamilton-3 wrote: > > That produced a new staff (with no other content) with the hairpin below > it > so exciting but not the kind of solution I can use. > Thanks > Tweaking the rests is also necessary! Cheers, Harm \version "2.12.3" \header { title = "21-03" % composer = "Jay Ham

Re: how to make the three dots for triple tonguing

2011-07-03 Thread Neil Puttock
On 1 July 2011 22:15, Xavier Scheuer wrote: > PS: That certainly deserves a snippet in the LSR. > I'll add it next week unless Jay does it before. http://lsr.dsi.unimi.it/LSR/Item?u=1&id=772 (tweaked and simplified a bit) Cheers, Neil ___ lilypond-u

Re: Set accidental style in the layout block

2011-07-03 Thread Bill Mooney
Hi Kieren, You wrote... ++ Hello all, Since \with blocks can now contain variables, maybe someone should put together all of the options and submit a patch? Then it wouldn't involve more typing. ;) Cheers, Kieren. ++ Unfortunately such an exercise

Re: Set accidental style in the layout block

2011-07-03 Thread Kieren MacMillan
Hi Bill, > Unfortunately such an exercise is beyond my abilities. :( Well, for the archive, here's a quick stab at a few: \version "2.15.3" \layout { indent = 1.2\in } accidentalsDefault = \with { skipBars = ##t extraNatural = ##f autoAccidentals = #`(Staff ,(make-accidental-rule 'same-o